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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 

To make someone feel completely baffled.

A) to perplex B) to explicate
C) to construe D) to elucidate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to perplex

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

The master asked the people why they prevented him from going near the tiger.

 

A) The master said to the people,"Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger." B) The master asked the people,"Why do they prevent me from going near the tiger?"
C) The master asked the people,"Why are they preventing him from going near the tiger?" D) The master was asking the people,"Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger?"
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The master said to the people,"Why do you prevent me from going near the tiger."

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Get up on the wrong side of the bed

A) Make a wrong decision and regret it for the rest of the life B) Start the day in a bad mood, which continues all day long
C) Have a sleepless night especially due to worries D) Suffer an uncomfortable stay at an unfamiliar place
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Start the day in a bad mood, which continues all day long

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

I said to my friend, "Be careful, my dog may bite you."

A) I warned my friend to have been careful and that my dog might be biting him. B) I warned my friend to be careful and that my dog might bite him.
C) I warn my friend to be careful and that my dog may bite him. D) I warned my friend for being careful and that my dog might be biting him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I warned my friend to be careful and that my dog might bite him.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Rebate

A) Deduction B) Bonus
C) Increase D) Remission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Increase

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In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct

 

1. The master returned home after sometime.
P. The snake was lying dead under the cradle.
Q. He went into the room where the baby was sleeping.
R. It had been killed by his dog.
S. He noticed a snake.
6. He realised that his dog had saved his baby.

A) SRPQ B) QRPS
C) QSPR D) PQRS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QSPR

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Be under no illusions

 

A) Not be duped by a cheater B) Get out of a magic spell
C) Don’t have the habit of daydreaming D) Be fully aware of the true state of affairs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Be fully aware of the true state of affairs

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


In short, to write a good letter you must approach the job in the lightest and most casual way. You must be personal, not abstract. You must not say, 'This is too small a thing to put down'. You must say, 'This is just the sort of small thing we talk about at home. If I tell them this they will see me, as it were they'll hear my voice, they'll know what I'm talking about'. That is the purpose of a letter. Carlyle had the trick to perfection. He is writing from Scotsbrig to his brother Alec in Canada and he begins talking about his mother. Good old Mother, he says, 'she is even now sitting at my back, trying at another table to write you a small word with her own hand; the first time she has tried such a thing for a year past. It is Saturday night, after dark; we are in the east room in a hard, dry evening with a bright fire to our two selves; Jenny and her Barns are 'scouring up things' in the other end of the house; and below stairs the winter operations of the farm go on, in a subdued tone; you can conceive the scene! How simple it is and yet how perfect. Can not you see Alec reading it in his far-off home and his eyes moistening at the picture of his old mother sitting and writing her last message to him on earth?

 

The recipient of your letter should ________.

 

A) use a lot of imagination B) know what you are talking about
C) get distracted when reading your letter D) find it difficult to understand your letter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) know what you are talking about

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